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Steve Wozniak still sporting the jailbroken iPhone

It comes with little surprise that Steve Wozniak is sporting a jailbroken iPhone, after all how can we forget the now classic video of Wozniak jailbreaking Kathy Griffin’s 1.1.1 iPhone. That of course was done in the ‘good old days’ using the once simple process found at jailbreakme.com. Of course, its still nice to see some [...]

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Apple tops the 8 million mark for the iPhone

It was just last week that we saw Apple approaching the 6 million mark for the iPhone 3G, and based on some recent IMEI tracking it seems Apple has sold “at least 5,649,000″ units as of August 30. Of course this is just the iPhone 3G, however if you take into consideration that Apple had [...]

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Apple rewording UK iPhone 3G ad?

A few days ago, the UK based Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) pulled a “misleading” iPhone 3G advertisement from airing. According to iPhoneAlley, Apple is in the process of revamping their UK iPhone ads to adhere to the strict guidelines set by the ASA. This means removing phrases such as “all the parts of the internet are on [...]

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EZ fix for iPhone Security Flaw

Reuters reports a security flaw in the iPhone allows unauthorized users to gain easy access to private contacts and e-mails even when the device is locked.  The Gizmodo blog site and an online forum run by the Mac Rumors site showed that it took only three taps to gain access to lockediPhones, which run the latest 2.02 iPhone software. The vulnerability [...]

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Wikipedia comes to the iPhone in the form of Wikipanion

If you’re an avid Wikipedia user like myself, then you know the importance of being able to access the site at anytime, anywhere. There have been a slew of web applications released with this intent in mind, but what we truly need is a sleek, easy-to-use, native application. Well, Robert Chin has developed just that, a [...]

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Confirmed: iPhone 3G goes on sale at BestBuy September 7th

Around two weeks ago, BestBuy President, Shawn Score projected that BestBuy would begin selling the iPhone 3G on September 7th. (See article) Well, I can now say with 100% certainty that this is in fact true. As of September 7th you will be able to purchase your very own iPhone 3G “through 970 of BestBuy’s stores, [...]

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iPhone Not To Blame for Inconsistent 3G speeds

A Wired.com study concludes that is is most likely not the iPhone itslef that is to blame for reports of poor 3G reception in parts of the world. 2,600 iPhone users in the study determined that 3G outperforms EDGE in most cases, in some regions achieving data speeds seven times faster. But in other areas, 3G [...]

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Gala Factory releases Code Breaker for the iPhone

Earlier today, Gala Factory Software unveiled Code Breaker, their fourth game available on the iTunes App Store. Code Breaker is a beautiful new puzzle game released exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch. Building on the success of their Dot Game, Gala Factory is making a name for itself as a leading provider of simple, yet engaging games [...]

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Apple releases three new iPhone commercials

A few days ago Apple put three new iPhone commercials up on their website. Unlike the previous commercials released by Apple, these commercials featured the 3rd party applications “Lonely Planet,” “Cro Mag,” and “Vicinity,” all of which can be purchased from the App Store. Lonely Planet is an English to Chinese translator application for the iPhone [...]

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Movies iPhone app acquired by Flixster

Flixster, the movie oriented social networking site has announced the purchase of the iPhone Movies application. The Movies app allows users to find show times, get directions to theaters and also watch trailers, and has been downloaded a reported 250,000 times. Since the purchase, Flixster has released an updated version of the Movies app which [...]

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